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Erlang seems to work well here.

* It has big ints

* Functions look "mathematical". Variables are immutable, so "x = x + 1" doesn't make sense just like in math

* Nice binary matching syntax like <<Result:256/little-unsigned-integer-unit:1>>. Can even manipulate arbitrary bit strings that don't necessarily end on a byte boundary

* Has a decent crypto module https://www.erlang.org/doc/man/crypto.html




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